Description

Discover the shocking true stories of individuals who assumed false identities and deceived the world.

Have you ever pretended to be someone you’re not?

These fascinating stories include ten imposters—many of them teenagers—push questions of identity, deception, and gullibility to the extreme. Sometimes, reality truly does defy belief!

Take for example:

• A high school dropout who passes himself off as a Navy surgeon

• A poor English woman who dupes the upper class into believing she’s really a kidnapped Asian princess

• A Jewish teenager who survives WWII by posing as a Hitler youth

Bestselling author Chris Barton did extensive research on these great pretenders, including interviews with his subjects and people who knew them. So go on, open this book and try on another identity for size—you might be surprised what you discover about yourself.